Author Matt Carr
Will post-Brexit Britain be an asset-stripped libertarian theme park purged of ‘leftist brainwashing’?
Brexit going nowhere? Watch out for the stab-in-the-back narrative from zealots like Jacob Rees-Mogg
Why Theresa May’s anti-semitic friend Victor Orbán has a special place in the far-right imagination
Our last chance to save the planet as democracies swoon in the arms of fascists & demagogues
Batons vs ballots in Catalonia: where now after this dark day in Spanish history?
Every argument Catalans have ever put forward for wanting to leave Spain was borne out by what happened on 1 October 2017.
Twilight in Brexitland is a racist and xenophobic swamp – and worse to come unless we stop it
Right now we are becoming a sick society – sick with xenophobia, anti-migrant paranoia and unacknowledged racism.
Understanding Islamic State and terrorism – what art can teach us that the Daily Mail can’t
The State is the first serious attempt on television to imagine what attracts people to one of the most horrific political movements in modern times.
Barcelona terror attack in context: History, peace, and beauty on Las Ramblas
Once again, war ‘out there’ has brought terror to the streets of an innocent and peaceful city ‘over here’ in an act of barbarism and cruelty.
Solidarity with Gina Miller – threatened by knuckledragging racist trolls
It is difficult to ignore the fact that the EU referendum has empowered and legitimised the worst elements in UK society.
Civilisation and its malcontents: from Donald Trump to Rupert Murdoch
Too often civilisation is just another metaphorical wall to wrap around ourselves and demonise those who don’t – and can’t – belong to it.
Donald Trump tries to re-cast himself as 21st century incarnation of Ronald Reagan
Trump is living proof that even the trashiest manifestations of inherited wealth can rise to the top in a dysfunctional political system warped by power and money.